{"id":510,"date":"2009-11-05T11:05:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T15:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/2009\/11\/05\/seeing-sharks\/"},"modified":"2009-11-05T11:33:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T15:33:44","slug":"seeing-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/2009\/11\/05\/seeing-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"\"'A<\/a>\n\"'Identity<\/a>\n

What Works<\/h3>\n

Think about explaining in words: “So you see kids, sharks get confused. They see a surfer and it looks like a seal to them.” Now think about being a little tyke and imagining a surfer and a seal. They don’t look anything alike to you. You wonder if sharks are practically blind or something.<\/p>\n

Now think about showing them the first graphic. Instant comprehension. The kids don’t even have to think, they just know. This is graphic design at its best.<\/p>\n

As for the second graphic, man, I think everyone loves some Venn diagrams. Such a powerful way to depict the union of two sets. This one is even better than average so I thought I would share it.<\/p>\n

What needs work<\/h3>\n

I might have run these without captions. Errol Morris had a piece, “Photography as a Weapon”<\/a> about how much captions can change the meaning of an image and ever since I read it, I’ve been looking at images with and without captions to see if it changes the way I think about them.<\/p>\n

References<\/h3>\n

Morris, Errol. (2008, 11 August) “Photography as a Weapon”<\/a> [blog entry] New York Times Zoom Blog.<\/p>\n

Philips, Mason. (2009) Shark graphics for the Discovery Channel’s shark week.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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